American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (second issue)
...e could be less physically active, and, therefore, predisposed to obesity. The research is published in the second issue for March 2005 of the American Thoracic Society's peer-reviewed American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine . NEW NONINVASIVE TEST MEASURES COPD MORTALITY RISK As compared ...Scents and emotions linked by learning, Brown study shows
...slike the scent. "As humans, we're not immediately predisposed to respond to a scent and believe that it is good or bad," said Rachel Herz, a visiting assistant professor of psychology at Brown and the lead scientist of the study. "When we like or don't like a smell, that is learned." Herz conducted two experime...Is the internet encouraging suicide pacts?
...websites can perhaps trigger suicidal behaviour in predisposed individuals, particularly adolescents, says the author. The recent suicide pacts in Japan might just be isolated events in a country that has been shown to have the highest rate of suicide pacts, he adds. Alternatively, they might herald a new distur...Vegetable lovers should be viewed as different from fruit aficionados
...nce of targeting different messages to differently predisposed target markets can mean the difference between a cost-effective program and a wasted effort," Wansink concluded. The study was based on a random selection of 2,000 adults who were mailed a survey. The 770 people (38 percent) who completed the survey...Mayo Clinic discovers one mechanism for why men and women differ in immune response
...s known as androgens. "Females are typically more predisposed to the phenomenon of autoimmunity," says Dr. Kwon. "And of course, what's interesting about this is that females don't have significant levels of testosterone. Men, on the other hand, may have relatively blunted immune responses and have high level...Highlights of Washington University Alzheimer's Research at National Conference
...ase the severity of Alzheimer's disease: When mice predisposed to develop Alzheimer's-type brain plaques were placed in isolation for six months -- a condition that mice find stressful -- they accumulated plaques more quickly and performed worse on certain types of memory tasks than mice allowed to live in the s...Antioxidant component of green tea blocks new but not established arterial plaque in mice
...reas of blood vessels in mice that are genetically predisposed to rapid development of plaque. The mice were fed a high-cholesterol diet and at the age of 28 weeks the right common carotid artery was injured to induce new plaque formation. This enabled the researchers to determine the effect of EGCG on new plaqu...People with low incomes more likely to develop brain tumors
...the onset of cancer in people who are biologically predisposed to develop it," Sherwood said. "Low-income status is also associated with environmental factors such as exposure to toxins, quality of nutrition and shelter, and education and health factors. Additional, larger studies may help shed some light. Also,...Bacterial infection may cause or worsen asthma attacks in children
...id Dr. Gendrel, and may even keep children who are predisposed to asthma from having an initial attack. But the diagnosis is rarely made because these familial infections are often limited to a slight case of bronchitis or pharyngitis. An accompanying editorial commentary by Vanderbilt researchers, also in the M...Changes in ovaries could indicate higher risk of ovarian cancer
...ous studies have been limited to women genetically predisposed to ovarian cancer. "This study and others like it are building the foundation for better methods of early detection of ovarian cancer. If we are able to identify early changes along the path by which a normal ovarian cell turns into a cancerous ovari...Early life exposure to environmental agents predicts adult tumors in animals
.... As adults, a little over half of the genetically predisposed rats developed tumors, compared to 100 percent of DES-exposed rats. Then, the researchers looked at how uterine tissue in exposed animals responded to normal hormones, and found that "the expression of genes regulated by hormones was abnormally ...Research news from Tufts University, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy: March 2004
... in moderation," Morris notes. "For people who are predisposed to a nuclear cataract, including those who smoke, who are exposed to too much unprotected UV sunlight or have diabetes, drinking less is probably a good idea." Eat That Big Healthy Breakfast and Lose Weight Eating more calories earlie...Insulin-producing cells found in a variety of tissues in diabetes
...fects the immune system, which goes awry in people predisposed to type 1 diabetes, it could affect the course of the disease....A pair of discoveries helps unravel complex genetics of inflammatory bowel disease
...NFKB1 seems to be responsible for mice genetically predisposed to developing colitis, says Brant. The team searched the DNA of 235 families with IBD (from Johns Hopkins, the University of Chicago and the University of Pittsburgh) in which 131 had offspring with ulcerative colitis for evidence of a link between t...Most adult survivors of childhood cancer consider themselves in good health
...d provide interventions to improve health deficits predisposed by the childhood cancer experience." Other authors of the study include Ann C. Mertens, James G. Gurney, Leslie R. Robison, Hegang Chen, and Mark Yeazel (University of Minnesota); Yutaka Yasui (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center); Wendie Hobbie (...Study of hip replacement patients finds 80 percent eligible for minimally invasive surgery
...gery due to arthritis. Some people are genetically predisposed to arthritis, and others require surgery due to wear and tear through exercise or work. Berger notes that once he sees a patient for a consultation for a hip replacement, the surgery is scheduled within a month or two. A few days after the operation...Stanford, Packard research finds better drug therapy for children predisposed to bipolar disorder
...the first to examine the drug's effect on children predisposed to bipolar disorder. The researchers at Stanford U...comes to determine which children are likely to be predisposed to the illness. Chang and his colleagues in the Stanford Pediatric Bipolar Disorders Program are con...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for November (second issue)
...f a substantially longer airway, men are much more predisposed to pharyngeal collapse than women, which investigators believe could explain their much higher risk of obstructive sleep apnea. In addition to their substantially longer pharyngeal airways, men also had an increased cross-sectional area of soft pala...Kidney disease in diabetics relates to insulins effectiveness, say Pittsburgh researchers
...or someone with type 1 diabetes who is genetically predisposed to insulin resistance, the secret to avoiding nephropathy may well be to prevent insulin resistance through lifestyle changes such as proper diet, exercise, smoking cessation and perhaps medication. "Another intriguing finding from this study is that......l, hypertension, smoking, etc.) may be genetically predisposed to develop atherosclerosis. The study points to one such genetic risk factor that is relatively common in the general population. Biologically, our findings make sense and could suggest a potential new target for anti-atherosclerotic drug therapy, ...